Alabama lane cake

Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare 3 round 8” cake pans with cooking spray, line with parchment rounds, and spray parchment. To make the cake, in a bowl, combine flour, sugar, […]

This traditional Southern cake recipe – as featured in To Kill A Mockingbird – is loaded with liquor. It’s definitely a cake for a celebration.

This prize-winning cake is said to have originated in Alabama back in the 1800's and it's so good we still make Lane Cake today! Our recipe for Lane Cake still calls for all the basics: coconut, pecans, and raisins, but we've taken a couple of shortcuts to make it easier than ever!

I first made this cake for my fathers' birthday and now it is the only cake that he requests. This cake has complex flavors and is very unique. —Cleo Gonske, Redding, California

This cake improves in flavor as it ages and mellows. Covered and uncut, it may be made two days before serving, and it doesn't need to be refrigerated.

Take your time baking Cheryl Day’s Lane cake for a true taste of Alabama.

Emma Rylander Lane created her Lane Cake back in the late Victorian era, and it soon became a Southern classic. In 1967, the original recipe - first published in Lane's cookbook back in 1898 - was brought up-to-date by her granddaughter (and namesake) Emma Rylander Law, and that's the one featured here.

The History of Lane Cake and a Traditional Recipe for this Classic Southern Boozy Layer Cake From Food Historian Gil Marks.

Born in Clayton, Alabama, more than 100 years ago, the bourbon-soaked Lane Cake is one of the most famous Southern layer cakes.

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